I am trying to add a customized welcome file to be sent out automatically via listserv. I "got" the FILELIST file, edited it to include the WELCOME filename and Get/Put defaults and sent it back with the PUT VATICAN2 FILELIST PW=MYPASSWORD command. I made no changes in the index of notebooks. I followed the pattern of another list I manage in the same system which does contain a welcome file which I can edit and PUT with no problems. Listserv sent back an error message informing me that I am not authorized to do what I am trying to do. I am puzzled because I assumed that the welcome file option is a standard listserv feature. I am in my office now, and the listowners' manual is in my home computer. Thanks for any help you can give. Ingrid Shafer ([log in to unmask])